Portioning and storing machine



1931- T. PHILLIP ET AL 21 I PQRTIONING AND STORING MACHINE Filed March 29, 1928 a Sheets-Sheet '1 INK/foes,-

Feb. 10, 1931. 1'. PHILLIP'ETAL PORTIONING AND STORING momma Fild March 29, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTORS; azmmw- MJ Patented Feb. 1:0;1931 I JOHN WIL IA GHEE'IHAM, F BOLTON, ENGLAND ron'rromne .AND'VSVTORING j iincninn Application filed lll'aroh 29, iezaseriai no.

r Inthe portioning and storing of preserved or tinned meats such astinned tongues and the like 'it'is desirable to protect said meat '(afte r it'has'been discharged from its original 1 tin or container) so tliat undersirable germs ofdisease or other foreign matter are prevented from coming in contact with said meat which at the same 1311116 it is also desirable to have it "protected under-such conditions as will enable it to be cut into slices for use. Our present invention consists} in the production of apparatus formed to receive the body of material, such as meat or the likewhich is beingIdischarged-from its usual tin or other container, and when thus'received to protect same-from atmosphericfcontact except in so far as to permit the cutting or slicing of same preparatory-to its sale or consuinption'and then only exposing the least possible portion thereof.-

In order that our said" invention maybe .5

readily understood we have hereunto appended sheets of drawings illustrative thereof to which byfigures andfletters reference is made in the following description Fig.1 is a side elevationoii apparatus-produced in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation. of the same apparatus.

otherwise to a nut orbase part c. This nut 0 is screwed upon the hollow pillar d which is fixed upon the supporting base 7, either by said fixing being eifected by its being screwed therein as is shown by the drawings, or other- Wise. 7 7

Within the vessel or outer member a we place a detachable sterilizable lining memher 9 which is open at both itslower and up- .per ends and this lining g is preferably 9f 2355 in Great Britain 1 a1"9',-'19i2%.'

mrroMAs IIPIHILLIPI AND WILLIAM PHILLIB, or sKIP'roN, intern n), nssienons we glass although porcelain -o r iotlier s terilizable 'materialmayfbe made T l f ,iniits PT duction; r

th base 2; of th'eouter member a. v r p platensurroundin'g and supported'in a predetermined position by the pillar cl com- The loweredgeg otthelining-g: upon prises a sterilizable outer member in resting upon and covering an inner member h bear ingo'n the pillar; The' inn'er member hhas a projection "or "hub part h extendingintothe pillar-d} The member ]e is preferably of glass although porcelain or other suitable sterilizable' material may beusedi The upper edge offthe vessel a mean apprcpriately iormed flange a which.aextends radially-fromit-to form a hand grip which rotary niotionmay' be given to" said vessel a in order to cause the screwed hub or nut c to move over the screwthreads on the vertical hollow pillar 'cZ by which'means the said vessel a may be made to rise and descend' oversaid screwed pillard and to carry with-"it thefldetachablest'erilizable lining gso that same will extend "more or lessl-abovethe dis'c or outer member-l0 'ofthe platen 'within'it, since said outer member is will-be supported at'the'upper end ofthe hollow pillar'il by resting'on theinnermember h as'is shown by Fig. 2. e

As means for covering the outer edge or u per surface'oif the lining 9 we make use of a steriliza'ble plateor member m (preferably also of glass although" other material may .be madefuse of) and according tolone ar. rangeine-nt, as we show by the drawings, this pwhich ispivot'ed at pl to a-fvertical support r. r 7 I r This support r reaches-down so thatitmaybe made to span the groo'ved hut 0 whichis screwed upon the pillar Z and this is effected byth'e said support 1" having its outer end formed to spansaid-nut '0 as is shown by the drawings.

:The extending part 7' "of the support 4"" is made to take over "-a; guiding pillar v8" which is fixed to 'theba'se part f, thus as'the vessel is caused to rise and descend over thepillar I by the screw actions above described, so

a so will rise and descend the support 44, its 109 as plate m is pivotal'lymounted upon'ai handle handle, 19 and the sterilizable member m and this arrangement we find most suitable on account ofthe parts being connected toto be used for receiving the body of material gether so that the whole apparatus is at all times complete and intact. V 7

On the other hand it is. obvious that the covering member might be mounted on a chain, cord or the like, arranged to take over 'a guiding pulley to have a counterbalancing weight placed thereon if and when desired.

As is before stated, when the apparatus'has (such as cooked tongues) from cylindrical containers, then the "storage space, formed by the lining g and the platen is, is cylindrical and of suitable size toreceive saidtongues when removed from, their saidv ordinary containers. However, where pressed beef. or

. pressed meat of other kinds or vegetablesare to be used the storage-space maybe more of a rectangular formatlonas shownby the-plan Fig. 4, 1n which case the lid or cover m V will be of the shape corresponding to the theconten'ts will descend down into the ves sel a to restupon'theplatenlc within the same, at which time he will have'the member a rotated so that it will be raised high enough above the platen is for the upper edge 9?; of the sterilizable lining member 9 to be above the upper surface ofthe contents resting on theplaten la. I li i In placing the meat or body of material within the lining g as above described, the lid m may then be brought into position where itwill fit over the upper edgeg to keep same practically air-ti ht,-as the greasy or fatty 'matter at .the' upper edge of the 1. lining genablesythis to, be effected, sincewe allow sufficient looseness of the fitting of the member m upon its pivotal support'm to permit said plate, to accommodate itself to anyrirreguiarities that may exist between the (;over m andthe upperJknife-guiding edge I, or. mouth g?- of the liningg, 1

; On the user desiringto supp'ly some of the body of material from the storage space he then raises the lid minto the position shown by Fig; l'where it is retained by the handle p being shaped to engage with thesupporting like wise through the whole area. Thus by regulating the height that the edge g of the lining 9 should be below the upper surface of the contents resting upon the member is he may regulate the thickness of slice that he is going to cut away as his knife is "guided and controlled by the" guiding edge 9 of the 1 ling g. 7

As the contents are thus cut away so will '-the usercontinue to cause the vessel a and its lining gto descend in step by step actions until the whole contents have been exhausted.

Theflang'e'a of the container at, in addi-v tion to answering'the purpose of a hand grip for rota-tin the container 0 acts as a re ceiver and support for any fragmentsdetached fromthe body bythe severing knife. I i

t will be observedthat'whenthe user rotates the member av under the conditions shown byFigsl, 2 and 3' where said-container is cylindrical-orof circular formation, the lining gwill'also rotate with said membe; a whereas the platen 7c and base it which it rests upon, maynotrotate since they will be restinguponthe upper end of the fixed .supporting'screwed pillard; Oh the'other hand when the vessel a is somewhat rectangular or other'shape than ,cylindricalasshown by Fig. ethen when the Y vessel a is rotated so also will rotate the platen k and base piece'h thateare within it but still the same advancing and receding actions on the part ofthe lining 9V and the vessel a? willcarry out the functions desired. Such being the nature and object of our invention what we-claim is I 1. A portioning and storingmachine comprising a movable container having a. nut

fixed to its bottom, a vertical screw-threaded pillar on which said-nutmay rotate to adjust the container, a platenvrestingon the upper end of the pillar, a base to .which the pillar is fixed, an arm having at one end a bearing in which the. nut is rotatable to simultaneously adjust the container and ar1n,a lever afcover mounted on said lever.

2 A portioning and storing machine'as specified by'claim 1, comprising also a guiding pillar fixed to said base and engaged with said arm to guide the same in a predetermined path 7 l. g

v v THOMASIPHILLIP.

. WILLIAM PHILLIP.'

member 1* and he will then rotate'the vessel a so as to lower same sulficientlyfar to permit the lining g to descend below the uppersur- V 'faceof the contents resting upon the member k as is necessary .to "enable him to carry his knife in engagement 'with the upper .guiding' 'edge or mouth 9- of the lining g to body of material in the "storage space crosscut through the protruding'portion of-the pivoted to the opposite end of said arm, and 

